Re: Bell

[Stefan Monnier]

> What's pointed out by the discussion so far is not that the bell
> should go away, or that it should be replaced by the visual bell, or
> that the visual bell should be improved, or that `ding' should be
> called less, or that `ding' should be removed, or that `C-g' should
> not ring the bell.

> Rather, what's called for is a way to mute `ding' in a flexible
> way. What Juri suggested wrt putting a silence property on function
> symbols, and what I suggested wrt binding a silence variable, would
> provide what's needed. And maybe there are other suggestions.

> Once we have ways to flexibly silence `ding' in various contexts, then
> we can decide just where to do so. And users themselves will be able
> to easily do likewise.

I understand what you say, but I disagree.
#include "my earlier post"


        Stefan